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Dr. Salaam Jansbaka Adams

PhD, MPhil, BSc, Cert. "A"

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Lecturer

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School of Natural and Environmental Sciences

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Dr. Salaam Jansbaka Adams is a Lecturer at the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya, Ghana.
He had his university education from the University of Ghana, Legon, where he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy and a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Degrees in Nuclear Earth Science, and a Bachelor of Science (BSc.) Degree in Earth Science from the University for Development Studies, Tamale, all in his home country, Ghana. He also obtained Teachers Certificate (Cert. A) from the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Dr. Salaams area of specialization is the use of nuclear techniques for mineral exploration and exploitation, groundwater exploration and exploitation,groundwater exploration and exploitation, fieldwork and research. His research interest is on the mineralisation, geochemistry, petrology metallogeny and field relations of critical and transition minerals; medical geology and isotope geology.
He has been working on the Paleoproterozoic Birimian pegmatites of Ghana since he enrolled to do his Masters Degree at the University of Ghana trying to provide an understanding of such wondrous rocks and the strategic and critical minerals which they host, by working with local and international researchers.

Critical and Transition Minerals, Medical Geology and Isotope Geology

PUBLICATIONS
Book chapters:
1.Sunkari, E.D., Lermi, A., Adomako-Ansah, K., Fiadonu, E.B., Samuel Edem Kodzo Tetteh, S.E.K., Oppong, O., Adams, S.J., Demir, Y. & Ali, S., (2025). Geology and Gold Mineralization Styles in Ghana. In: Sunkari, E.D., Ali, S. (eds) Geology and Gold Mineralization in Ghana. Earth and Environmental Sciences Library. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-97163-1_1
2.Sunkari, E.D., Okyere, M.B., Adams, S.J., Zango, M.S., Bhattacharya, P., Ali, S. (2023). Geochemical Controls on Fluoride Enrichment in Groundwater of a Geologically Heterogeneous Part of Ghana: Implications for Human Health Risk Assessment. In: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2023_1054

Journals:
3.Gawusu, S., Debrah, S.K., Moomin, S.T., Jamatutu, S.A., Miensah, E.D., Mensah, R.A., Das, O., Abubakar, M., Zhang, X., Ackah, I., Adams, S.J. & Amadu, A.A. (2025). Nuclear energy in Africa: Challenges and pathways to sustainable development, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Volume 82, 104489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2025.104489.

4.Sunkari, E.D., Nkansah, J. & Adams, S.J. (2024). Geochemical exploration for tantalum in coltan-rich pegmatites at Bewadze-Mankoadze area of the Kibi-Winneba Belt, southern Ghana: Constraints from exploratory data analysis. Heliyon, 10, e38176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38176.

5.Adams, S. J., Sunkari, E. D., Hanson, J. E. K., Tandoh, K. K., Tetteh, S. E. K., Nude, P. M., Asiedu, D.K. & Dampare, S. B. (2024). Geochemistry of the Winneba-Mankoadze pegmatites in southern Ghana: A clue to the petrogenesis of the pegmatites. Ore and Energy Resource Geology, 17, 100051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oreoa.2024.100051.
6.Adams, S.J., Van Lichtervelde, M., Amponsah, P.O., Nude, P.M., Asiedu, D.K. & Dampare, S.B. (2023). Characterisation and rare-metal potential of the Winneba-Mankoadze pegmatites, Southern Ghana: Evidence of two pegmatite fields. Journal of African Earth Sciences, Volume 207, 105049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2023.105049.

7.Doku, M.S., Sam, F., Adams, S.J. & Amponsah, P.E. (2023). An investigation into the stress conditions of critical and lifeline infrastructure in south-eastern Ghana using the maximum likelihood estimation method. Journal of Ghana Science Association, Volume 21(1). ISSN: 2737-713X.

8.Tandoh, K.K., Gbedemah, S.F., Doku, MR.S., Adams, S.J. & Blestmond A. Brako, B.A. (2023). Petrographic and structural analysis of Paleoproterozoic Birimian granitoids and associated rocks of Boankra areas in the Kumasi Basin of Ghana. Arab J Geosci 16, 8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-11010-8

9.Sunkari, E.D., Adams, S.J., Okyere, M.B., & Bhattacharya, P. (2022). Groundwater fluoride contamination in Ghana and the associated human health risks: Any sustainable mitigation measures to curtail the long term hazards? Groundwater for Sustainable Development, Volume 16, 100715, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2021.100715.

CONFERENCES ATTENDED
1.Sunkari, E.D., George, S., Asamoah-Boadu, G., Fiadonu, E.B., Demir, Y. & Adams, S.J. (2024). Lithological and mineralogical characteristics of graphite ore from the Kambale graphite deposit in the Wa-Lawra belt, Ghana: implications from petrography and scanning electron microscopic studies. VI. TURKIC World Congress on Science and Engineering, Azerbaijan. December 19-21, 2024.

2.Adams, S.J., Van Lichtervelde, M., Amponsah, P.O., Ballah, A.S., Iwan Williams, I., Kolff, L., Nude, P.M., Asiedu, D.K. & Dampare, S.B. (2024). Mineralogy and phosphate paragenesis of the Ewoyaa lithium pegmatites, southern Ghana. 2024 Society of Economic Geologists International Conference, Windhoek, Namibia, 27-30 September, 2024.

3.Adams, S.J., Van Lichtervelde, M., Amponsah, P.O., Nude, P.M., Asiedu, D.K. & Dampare, S.B. (2023). Characterisation and rare-metal potential of the Winneba-Mankoadze pegmatites, Southern Ghana: Evidence of two pegmatite fields. Poster Presentation, National Geoscience Conference, University of Ghana – Legon, Accra. 24th-27th October, 2023.
4.Sunkari, E.D., Okyere, M.B., Mouri, H., Adams, S.J., Zango, M.S., Bhattacharya, P., Ali, S. (2023). Hydrogeochemical assessment of fluoride toxicity, sources, and health hazards in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region, Ghana. The Geological Society of America Connects 2023 Conference. 15th October, 2023.

5.Adams, S.J., Van Lichtervelde, M., Amponsah, P.O., Ballah, A.S., Iwan Williams, I., Kolff, L., Nude, P.M., Asiedu, D.K. & Dampare, S.B. (2023). Mineralogy and phosphate paragenesis of the Ewoyaa lithium-rich pegmatites, southern Ghana. Pan-African Doctoral Academy (PADA) 3rd International Research and Mentorship Conference, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra. 11th-12th October, 2023.

6.Adams, S.J., Sunkari, E.D., Hanson, J.E.K., Tandoh. K.K., Nude, P.M., Asiedu, D.K. & Dampare, S.B. (2023). Geochemistry of the Winneba-Mankoadze pegmatites, southern Ghana: A clue to the petrogenesis of the pegmatites. 3rd International Sustainable Development Conference, University of Environment and Sustainable Development Conference, Somanya, Ghana. 6th-9th September 2023.

7.Tandoh, K.K., Gbedemah, S.F., Doku, MR.S., Adams, S.J. & Blestmond A. Brako, B.A. (2023). Petrographic and structural analysis of Paleoproterozoic Birimian granitoids and associated rocks of Boankra areas in the Kumasi Basin of Ghana. 3rd International Sustainable Development Conference, University of Environment and Sustainable Development Conference, Somanya, Ghana. 6th-9th September, 2023.

8.Okyere, M.B., Sunkari, E.D., & Adams, S.J (2021). Geochemical controls on high groundwater fluoride in the Bongo District and its environs, Upper East Region, Ghana: implications for human health risk assessment. International conference on recent advances in water science and technology (icrawst-2021) at: Coimbatore, India. December 2-3, 2021.

9.Adams, S.J., Van Lichtervelde, M., Nude, P.M., Asiedu, D.K. & Dampare, S.B. (2018). Characterization and rare metal potential of the Winneba-Mankoadze pegmatites, Southern Ghana. Ghana Institution of Geoscientists Conference (GHIGCON 2018), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.

A. June 2021 – Present: University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya, Ghana.
B. July 2018 – July 2019: Ideas and Shapes Ltd., Tamale, Ghana.
C. March 2016 – July 2018: Cocoa Irrigation Project, Ghana Cocoa Board, Accra, Ghana.”

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January 2016 – March 2017: Jamiat Islamic Girls Senior High School, Wa, Ghana.
September 2013 – December 2015: Ghana Education Service, Wa West, Ghana
September 2003 – August 2006: Ghana Education Service, Lawra, Ghana.

August 2025 to date: School of Natural and Environmental Sciences (SNES) Representative on UTAG.
May 2025 to date: Member, Academic Board of the UESD (Convocation Representative).
June 2024 to date: Member, UESD Joint Admission Committee.
June 2021 to date: Patron, Ghana Muslim Students Association (GMSA), UESD Branch.
June 2023 – March 2025: Member: SNES Seminar Committee.”

1.Member, University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG)
2.Member, Ghana Institute of Geoscientists (GhIG).
3.Vice President, International Researchers on Strategic Minerals (IRS) – on formative stages.
4.Member, Society of Economic Geologists (SEG).
5.Member, International Association for the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD).”

June 2021: Atlantic Lithium Limited grant support for PhD Students working on pegmatites. November 2019: Carnegie Foundation-University of Ghana Research Grant for PhD Students dubbed Building a New Generation of African Academics (BANGA-Africa) Scholarship. November 2018: Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Foundation Scholarship for PhD Students.

Magmatic-hydrothermal fluids, and O-, H- and Li-isotopes constraints on the origin and evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Birimian pegmatites, southern Ghana: Implications for lithium mineralisation.